Divers Essais Lithographiques

ISABEY, Jean-Baptiste (1767-1855).

Verlag: Paris: for the author, 1818.

Beschreibung

Folio (13 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches). 14 leaves with lithographed portraits, views, or landscapes after Isabey, with his small blind stamp, and others, lithographed by Engelmann, Langlumé, Lasteyrie, Motte and others (one with 2 subjects, 7 printed with a sepia tint), one engraved plate at end (spotted throughout). Original engraved front wrapper mounted on the front cover of contemporary red boards (a bit worn at extremities). Provenance: from the library of fellow artist Alphonse Le Seynes, whose "Monuments Romains de Nimes" was also published in 1818, inscribed to him by Isabey on the front cover to him, further inscribed by the lithographer Le Gros beneath the portrait of Prince Eugene, beneath Isabey's portrait of Le Gros, and beneath the portrait of E. Jouey; with a later ownership inscription of the family on the front free endpaper; from the library of Jacques Levy, his sale, Sotheby's, 20th April 2012, lot 175 First edition, RARE. During his long life Isabey was celebrated as an accomplished miniaturist and engraver, rivaling the accomplishments of the great David, and exhibiting just as profound an influence upon his contemporaries. He was one of the earliest artists to experiment with lithography, as here. His career as an artist was illustrious: during the reign of Louis XVI he held the positions of painter and draughtsman for His Majesty's cabinet; painter and draughtsman for ceremonies and foreign relations with specific responsibility for the coronation; organiser of public festivals and fêtes at the Tuileries; draughtsman of the Seal and of Titles; during Napoleon's rule he was first painter of the empress Josephine's chamber; drawing master to Josephine's children Hortense and Eugene; decorator for the imperial theatres; and drawing teacher to the empress Marie-Louise, in which role he succeeded Prud'hon. From 1809 he had a studio in the porcelain factory of Sèvres. For Louis XVIII he became 'dessinateur et ordonnateur des fêtes et spectacles de la Cour' (1823), and for Charles X, 'dessinateur du Cabinet' (1828). In 1825 he was awarded the Légion d'honneur. During the government of Louis-Philippe, he was appointed 'Deputy Curator of the Royal Museums' in 1837. In 1853, Napoleon III made him Commander of the Légion d'honneur. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 72lib863

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Divers Essais Lithographiques

Verlag: Paris: for the author, 1818.

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage